United States. Dept. of State

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs H. C. Taylor that he will write to Cyrus Edwin Lothrop. He thinks the USS Yantic can be promised to the Naval Militia of the Lakes if the treaty does not prohibit it. Roosevelt will take the matter to the United States Department of State. He is glad that Taylor shares his views of the naval militia, which should be built up. Roosevelt talked to Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long about having Taylor and William Thomas Sampson test the USS Indiana and Iowa.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-05-04

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

Creation Date

Unknown

Creator(s)

B.S. Reynolds Co.

Language

English

William N. Tilchin thanks Shirley Hudders and Marie Hewett for their many years of service in compiling indexes for the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal, and he notes that with their retirement he is in search of new indexers. Tilchin also comments on the death of former Secretary of State George P. Schultz, and he classifies Schultz as a “Rooseveltian statesman.” Tilchin recalls interviewing Schultz for a research project in 2000.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2021

William N. Tilchin examines the foreign policy views of President Theodore Roosevelt and President Harry S. Truman. Tilchin provides an overview of the major crises and decisions faced by both presidents, and he also looks at the administrations between Roosevelt and Truman and how each president approached the practice of diplomacy. Tilchin notes the importance of four Secretaries of State: John Hay and Elihu Root under Roosevelt and George C. Marshall and Dean Acheson under Truman, and he outlines their core beliefs and how they influenced each president. Tilchin concludes by comparing aspects of Roosevelt’s and Truman’s foreign policies and by asserting that each understood the primacy of power in international affairs.

A photograph of Roosevelt on horseback, without an accompanying caption, supplements the text. A listing of the officers of the Theodore Roosevelt Association along with the members of its executive, finance, and Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace committees is found on page two of the essay.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

John A. Gable examines the diplomatic career of Ambassador Philip C. Habib, noting his many prominent positions as a career diplomat with the United States Department of State. Gable also lists many of the civil service awards Habib received for his years of government service prior to his receiving the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal.

Photographs of Edith Derby Williams, who read Habib’s medal citation, and of Habib, accompany the citation.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

This article provides a biography of each of the winners of the 1983 Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal. Three paragraphs cover the four winners: Captain Edward L. Beach, Ambassador Philip C. Habib, Harold Lyle Schafer, and Sheila Schafer. The paragraphs provide highlights of the careers of each of the winners. Each of the paragraphs is accompanied by a photograph of the medal recipient(s).

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1984

Acting Secretary of State Adee encloses copies of correspondence between the State Department and the United States Legation in Havana, regarding the establishment of a consulate on the Isle of Pines. The department approves of establishing an office, but would like to know if President Roosevelt desires such action to be taken.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-16

This memorandum presents a brief history of the various plans surrounding the matter of the debt settlement of the Dominican Republic. An initial plan was prepared by William J. Salomon & Co., with Speyer & Co. being “cognizant of and participants in the proposed ‘plan’.” This plan was ultimately withdrawn, and a more favorable plan was proposed by Kuhn, Loeb & Co., which was accepted. Following this, Speyer & Co. independently approached the government of the Dominican Republic with a proposal, which was rejected.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-14

President Roosevelt shakes hands with Elihu Root as Uncle Sam watches. Roosevelt has his hand on a “Dept. of State” chair while Root holds a suitcase that has “New York” and “Washington” crossed out several times and a final “Washington” that is not crossed out. A Teddy bear behind Roosevelt drinks from a mug of “Root Beer.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-08

German Emperor William II wants several representative American ecclesiastics to attend the inauguration of a new cathedral in Berlin on February 27. He asked that President Roosevelt nominate the delegates. Secretary of State Hay explained the American separation of church and state. Instead of referring the matter to Roosevelt, he suggested the German Embassy communicate with the leading American religious bodies. There is adequate time for Roosevelt to take up the matter if he so chooses.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-28

Ambassador White discusses Sir Cecil Spring Rice’s plans to travel to the United States and the issues related to the trip. He also shares information and various updates with President Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-13

Military Secretary Fred C. Ainsworth reports to General G. C. Gillespie that the Military Secretary’s Office has not found any records relating to a sword given to George Washington by Frederick II, King of Prussia, but suggests that the Washington Papers collection held by the State Department may have some information on the subject. He also cites a source which quotes Henry T. Tuckerman as having mentioned the sword.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-18

Philip Marshall Brown informs Secretary of State Root that Leslie Combs, Minister to Guatemala, was unable to disembark at Champerico, Guatemala. Combs has decided to proceed for the moment, but will look for the State Department’s decision at Salina Cruz, Mexico, where he will arrive on Friday. In the meantime, Brown has sought to carry out the department’s instructions and continue Combs’ policy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-12

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Darling informs President Roosevelt that the armed cruiser Buffalo has been dispatched to patrol the Bering Sea at the request of the State Department and the Department of Commerce and Labor. Darling requests Roosevelt’s approval to authorize the ship searching and seizing sealers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-23

Acting Secretary of State Adee tells President Roosevelt that he does not believe that Admiral Yates Stirling’s discretion in an emergency should be hampered by Stade Department instructions. He also believes that U.S. consuls in China should focus on safeguarding American neutral interests, rather than committing to anything that would lead them to be called on to guarantee Chinese neutrality.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-23

William Miller Collier is writing President Roosevelt directly, instead of reaching out to the Department of State, because the matters discussed in his letter are not official communication at this point in time. Spanish King Alfonso XIII asked Collier why the United States did not have an ambassador in Spain—ideally Collier, according to Alfonso XIII—and vice versa for Spain. Collier explained that the president was open to the idea, but the intention had to come from the other government. After Alfonso XIII spoke to his cabinet, the Spanish government was open to the idea, but Collier believes there is some reticence due to a lack of finding funds immediately. He encourages Roosevelt to do what he can to foster this type of diplomatic relationship with Spain, since Alfonso XIII has come more than halfway. He believes such a relationship could assist with relations between the United States and Japan as well.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-02

The creator makes a note to copy Secretary of State Elihu Root on a message via special delivery, at the request of Second Assistant Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-05

This copy of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty between the United States and Great Britain describes the agreement regarding the construction of an isthmian canal in five articles. The first denotes that this treaty supersedes the Clayton-Bulwer agreement of 1850. The second allows the United States to build a canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, using various financial arrangements and having sole governance of it. The third establishes that the Free Navigation of the Suez Maritime Canal rules, adopted in 1888 in Constantinople, will serve as the basis for neutrality. The principles therein seek to keep the canal neutral and available to all nations for commercial use, and include the neutrality of the surrounding water and infrastructure used to maintain the Canal. Article four states that this agreement remains valid regardless of the politics of the nations surrounding the canal zone. Finally, article five designates the official signers as the President of the United States, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and the King of Great Britain.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-04

This draft of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty between the United States and Great Britain describes the agreement regarding the construction of an isthmian canal in four articles. The first allows the United States to build a canal between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, using various financial arrangements and having sole governance of the canal. The second notes that the Clayton-Bulwer Convention agreement of 1850 is superseded as the basis for neutrality by the principles of Free Navigation of the Suez Maritime Canal, adopted in 1888 in Constantinople. The principles therein seek to keep the canal neutral and available to all nations for commercial use, and include the neutrality of the surrounding water and infrastructure used to maintain the canal. Article three, noted as having been stricken by the Senate, invites further nations to agree to the treaty as writ. Article four designates the official signers as the President and Secretary of State of the United States and the Queen of Great Britain.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-02-05

President Roosevelt writes to George von Lengerke Meyer that he is not to leave his ambassador post unless he is reasonably certain that nothing of importance will happen. Roosevelt believes that during the last five years Meyer is the only ambassador that has had real work to do.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1906-07-28